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Add Codabar barcode symbology support to the Alma Mobile app
Our library is in the process of migrating to Alma and we have hundreds of thousands of items with Codabar barcodes on them. We would like to use the Alma Mobile app to reduce paper and increase efficiency, but the Alma iOS app does not currently scan the Codabar symbology.
We are considering options such as purchasing Bluetooth scanners, but as there are other apps in the Apple App store which do scan codabar barcodes, it seems like this feature could be added to the Alma Mobile app. And this would be very helpful.
24 votesThis requirement is fulfilled since 2023.
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Add Functionality to the Scan In Function in the Alma App
Staff at Boston College are conducting a collection inventory using laptops to process items while logged into the full version of Alma. The laptops have proven unwieldy and to address this we have tried deploying iPad's for the work. However we ran into issues with bar-code scanning and the way that Alma presents its user interface on mobile devices.
We were very excited to hear that Ex Libris had launched an Alma Mobile App. The interface is greatly improved on mobile devices, and we are able to successfully scan bar-codes during our testing using our bluetooth scanners. We were however…
200 votes
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